LPN Home Care Coordinator
About The Position
Lutheran SeniorLife provides a comprehensive array of community based health and social service programs throughout western Pennsylvania. Our services include LIFE (Living Independence for the Elderly); skilled nursing, home health; personal care; adoption & foster care; assisted living; adult day services; memory care; hospice; palliative care; residential living; affordable housing; home safety monitoring; Meals on Wheels; rehabilitation services and private duty. LIFE is a program that serves county residents living in Armstrong, Butler, Beaver and Lawrence Counties. It is an all-inclusive comprehensive program that helps individuals maintain their independence in their home and community through supportive services. The LIFE programs offer an array of person-centered services from medical care to adult day supports with the primary goal of allowing individuals to remain in their own home. Under the supervision of the Director, Clinic and Home Care Services, and in collaboration with the Occupational Therapist, the LPN Home Care Coordinator provides a complete and thorough assessment of the home environment and the functional capabilities of each participant in the program. The home care coordinator ensures continuity of care in the home related to ADL, IADL, and DME coordination, manages scheduling of home care services, helps to facilitate home care services during participant’s discharge from hospital or nursing home, monitors the quality of care and services being provided to the participants in the home and supervises CNA/caregiver staff. The Home Care Coordinator must be knowledgeable of the individual participant’s needs.
Requirements
- Graduated from an accredited school of Nursing and must possess a current Practical Nurse license; in good standing, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Minimum of one (1) years’ experience working with a frail or elderly population.
- Working knowledge of the interdisciplinary model of community care management.
- Experience working with cognitively impaired seniors is important.
- Must be able to relate well to seniors and their families to deal with sensitive issues and facilitate problem solving.
- Must be flexible and able to change easily.
- Working knowledge of computers, Microsoft Word and Excel required.
Responsibilities
- Provides a complete and thorough assessment of the home environment and the functional capabilities of each participant in the program.
- Ensures continuity of care in the home related to ADL, IADL, and DME coordination.
- Manages scheduling of home care services.
- Helps to facilitate home care services during participant’s discharge from hospital or nursing home.
- Monitors the quality of care and services being provided to the participants in the home.
- Supervises CNA/caregiver staff.
- Must be knowledgeable of the individual participant’s needs.
Benefits
- Competitive Wages
- Hiring Incentives
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Bereavement Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) health benefits solution.
- Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability plans.
- Voluntary Suite of Benefits Available at Low Group Rates, including Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, and Additional Life Insurance Options
- Employer-sponsored child care benefits.
- Immediate eligibility to participate in the employer-sponsored retirement savings plan
- FSA availability, depending on the individual health plan selected
- Total Wellness and WorkLife Balance resources, discounts, programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Mileage Reimbursement for Eligible Employees
- Career Success - coaching, training, internships and recognition program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
